Sciatica pain relief

If sciatic pain has not improved with self-care treatments, the following medications will probably be offered: Prescription medicines prescribed for sciatic pain include:

•  Anti-inflammatories 
•  Muscle relaxers Narcotics (sedatives) 
•  Tricyclic antidepressants 
•  Anti-seizure drugs 

Physiotheraphy 

When the patient's acute pain is over, the physician or physio
therapist will design a rehabilitation program to help prevent recurrent injuries. This program usually includes exercises such as improving the posture, strengthening and supporting the back muscles and giving the body flexibility.

Steroid injections

In some cases, your doctor may recommend injecting a corticosteroid drug in the area around the perineal nerve root. Corticosteroids help to relieve pain by suppressing inflammation around the irritated nerve. It usually takes effect within a few months. The number of steroid injections is limited because of the increased risk of serious adverse effects when injected too often.

Operation 

This option is usually used in patients with intestinal or bladder incontinence when the compressed nerve causes considerable weakness, where the disease worsens over time and other treatments do not improve. Surgical intervention repairs the bone extrusion and disc swelling that press on the nerve.

Lifestyle and home remedies 

In most people, sciatic diseases respond well to self-care measures. When normal activities continue normally and when the pain-triggering factors are avoided, healing will be quicker. Long-term inactivity will make the indication worse, even if one day of rest provides relief in complaints.